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Roasted pork with dumplings and sauerkraut Schweinebraten mit Semmelknödel und Sauerkraut

We tasted this meal at friends of our workaway host, for New Year's Eve.

We found this recipe on the internet.

- 1.5kg pork meat with bone
- 800g of sauerkraut
- 750g of dumpling dough
- salt
- pepper
- butter
- cumin
- 2 cloves garlic
- 3 onions
- 3 carrots
- 200g of celery
- 2 bay leaves
- 1.5 liters of hot water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 4 juniper berries
- 1 pack of roasted pork sauce
- 1 teaspoon of instant broth
- parsley for garnish

- Wash the meat, dry it with paper towels, salt and pepper on every side.
- Fry the roast in a buttered pan.
- Fry the onions. Add the garlic cloves, carrots and celery.
- Deglaze with hot water and spices.
- Cook the roast with the lid for 1h30 to 2h.
- Turn the roast several times, adding water if necessary.
- At the end of cooking, remove the roast from the oven and let it rest covered.
- Take the spices and vegetables from the sauce.
- Add a package of roasted pork sauce and let the sauce boil briefly.

- Fry the onions in butter, add the sugar and caramelize.
- Add sauerkraut and juniper berries.
- Deglaze with a little broth.
- Simmer for 20 minutes with the lid closed.
- Stir occasionally adding broth if necessary.

- Cook the dumplings in salted water according to the instructions on the package.

- Cut the pork into slices.
- Serve roasted pork with dumplings, sauce, sauerkraut and roasted vegetables garnished with parsley.